Bible Themes · Creation

Sycamore-fig tree

Sycamore-fig trees were plentiful in Judea

1 Kings 10:27 parallels 2 Chronicles 1:15, 2 Chronicles 9:27 See also Luke 19:4

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

The cultivation of sycamore-fig trees

Amos 7:14 See also 1 Chronicles 27:28; Psalm 78:47

“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.

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